Kolkata: A participant with a painted face sits beside a large AIDS awareness ribbon during a World AIDS Day campaign, in Kolkata on Monday, December 1, 2025. (Photo: IANS)

Kolkata: An artist paints “Say No To AIDS” on the face of a participant during a World AIDS Day awareness campaign, in Kolkata on Monday, December 1, 2025. (Photo: IANS)

Kolkata: A participant displays painted hands reading “Stop AIDS” during an awareness campaign organised to observe World AIDS Day, in Kolkata on Monday, December 1, 2025. (Photo: IANS)

Kolkata: Volunteers create a large AIDS awareness ribbon with flowers during a World AIDS Day campaign, in Kolkata on Monday, December 1, 2025. (Photo: IANS)

Kolkata: A participant displays painted hands reading “Stop AIDS” during an awareness campaign organised to observe World AIDS Day, in Kolkata on Monday, December 1, 2025. (Photo: IANS)

Kolkata: A girl raises her hands painted with the message “Stop AIDS” at a World AIDS Day awareness campaign, in Kolkata on Monday, December 1, 2025. (Photo: IANS)

Panchkula: Personnel sit together to form the AIDS awareness symbol during the World AIDS Day programme at Chandimandir Cantonment, Panchkula district, Monday, December 1, 2025. (IANS/Western Command - Indian Army)